Hewitts Avenue, New Waltham (49.9 MW battery storage)
Hewitts Avenue, New Waltham is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in North East Lincolnshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 May 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 May 2025record last updated
North East Lincolnshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 28 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 28 March 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Harmony HS (JB) Limited
- Planning authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Planning application reference
- DM/0158/24/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Adjacent To YEB Sub Station Hewitts Avenue New Waltham
- Council area (by location)
- North East Lincolnshire
- Time to decision
- 57 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Hewitts Avenue, New Waltham - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11832
Who decides
| Applications | North East Lincolnshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 41 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopthorpe | wind farm | 16.4 | operational | 4.5 |
| Bradley Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 43.7 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Bradley Road | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Magnolia Street | battery storage | 20 | abandoned | 5.0 |
| West Marsh (Phase 2) | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 5.4 |
| Macaulay Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 8 | application withdrawn | 5.4 |
| Low Farm Solar Array | solar farm | 20 | operational | 5.7 |
| Laceby Solar Farm | solar farm | 27.1 | operational | 6.6 |
| Louth Canal Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 7.1 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (53.5382, -0.0484).